Sharp painted two known versions of this scene in the second decade of the 20th century, this one and another, Council Call of Crows: Firelight and Twilight (related image, # 65). One of those paintings, under the title Council Call of Crows, was shown at the exhibit Indian and Other Paintings at the Traxel Art Galleries in Cincinnati in 1927. Neither painting was sold by the artist until the late 1940s.

Council Call of Crows, Montana

Alternate Title: Council Call of Crows

Record ID: 283

Date: ca. 1927; [ca. 1908]

Medium: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 20 1/8 x 30 1/4 in.

Signature / Inscription: LR: J.H.SHARP. Verso, on stretcher: COUNCIL CALL OF CROWS 850

Owner: Stark Museum of Art, Orange, TX

Accession Number: 31.25.35

Provenance: The artist; Ernest Closuit, Fort Worth, TX, 1949; [?]; [Joseph Sartor Galleries, Dallas, Texas]; H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1957; present owner: Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, Orange, Texas, by bequest, 1965; accession to Stark Museum of Art, 1965

Created concurrently with Peter Hassrick's 2018 Whitney West publication The Life & Art of Joseph Henry Sharp, this online catalogue highlights more than 700 works by J.H. Sharp that are held in public collections.

Council Call of Crows, Montana

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Council Call of Crows: Firelight and Twilight (ca. 1927)

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